Archdiocese of Harare
Hararen(sis) in Zimbabua
Metropolitan see · Latin Church · Harare, Zimbabwe
The Archdiocese of Harare is the metropolitan see for the ecclesiastical province of Harare in Zimbabwe, with suffragans Chinhoyi, Gokwe, and Mutare. Erected in 1879 and raised to an archdiocese in 1955, it is led by Archbishop Robert Christopher Ndlovu.
The see
- Rank
- Metropolitan see
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 25 June 1982
- Latin
- Hararen(sis) in Zimbabua
- Patron
- Saint Peter Claver
- Annuario code
- 001001581
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 640,170
- Population
- 3,569,900
- Catholic share
- 17.9%
- Priests
- 56
- Catholics per priest
- 11,432
- Extent
- 63,555 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 10
of the people living within its bounds
Figures as recorded in the register, from the Annuario Pontificio and the see's own published statements. Shares and ratios are computed from the two figures shown beside them.
The bishop
- Archbishop
- Robert Ndlovu
- Born
- 2 June 1938
- Birthplace
- Berlin
- Institute
- COMPAGNIA DI GESÙ (GESUITI) (S.I.)
A see whose chair stands empty is recorded as vacant rather than filled with a guess. On what a bishop is, see the bishop.
The cathedral
Cathedral of the Sacred Heart of Jesus stands in Harare, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.
On what a cathedral is, see the cathedral; every see church on earth is gathered at the cathedrals.
The province of Harare
This see is the metropolitan of its province.
The sees of this province:
- Diocese of ChinhoyiChinhoyi
- Diocese of GokweGokwe
- Diocese of MutareMutare
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
Serving as the metropolitan see of the Roman Catholic ecclesiastical province of Harare in Zimbabwe, the Archdiocese of Harare (Latin: Archidioecesis Hararensis) takes in the city of Harare along with parts of the provinces of Manicaland, Mashonaland Central, Mashonaland East, and Mashonaland West. Robert Ndlovu is the current archbishop, and the Cathedral of the Sacred Heart of Jesus in Harare is the archdiocese's mother church.
What is kept by invitation
The record above is published because it is public: what this see is, when it was erected, who holds its chair, and where it stands among its neighbours.
The working record is not. The chancery's address, telephone and email, the clergy of the see, and the hours of Mass, confession and adoration in the parishes within it are kept for members, and a person reads every request.
Sources
The see's own website · Wikipedia
This record is compiled from the published statements of the see and the references of the Holy See, among them the Annuario Pontificio. On the method, see the keeping of the record. Whoever finds an error is asked, in charity, to write: [email protected].